The RX 580 is the Best Budget GPU in 2023

The AMD RX 580 8GB often sells for less than £80. Does this mean it's the best entry-level GPU for 1080p gaming in 2023? In this video, I found out!

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[readycheddar]

I bought an 8gb RX 480 on release (which is essentially a 580). That GPU carried me spectacularly through the GPU apocalypse and I only upgraded in October of '22. They can still hold their own decently. I would recommend these to anyone looking to build an ultra budget PC.

[latlanticcityphil]

I still use my RX 590 8gb, and AMD 3600X, AURUS 450M motherboard, 128 gb of 3200 RAM DDR4, and still playing strong 5/24. Steam loves me.

[S-BF]

I'd be interesting to see the difference between an RX 580 which has been only repasted and the stock thermal pads reused, vs an RX 580 which has had the stock .75mm thermal pads replaced with 1mm thermal pads, and used together with a Thermal Grizzly Carbonaut .2mm thickness pad.

Perhap it could be an A-B using the same card to eliminate having two RX580's on hand.

[expert]

I hope this gpu will get amd fluid motion tech, if its get gonna be monster for price performance.

[symtrial]

I bought it in 2022 for $120. Best deal ever

[wearefromserbia]

i got the Sapphire RX 580 nitro plus, and the previous owner changed the aluminum heat transfer plate (on the backside beneath the backplate) with a copper one, and i changed thermal paste on both core and copper pad with a PTM7950.
Barely reached 60°C in open air bench with 25% fan speed at full load 😁
when i boost it to 190w it goes all the way up to 65°C 😅

[takehirolol]

It can run any PS4 game at 1080p Ultra or worse Medium 60 FPS.

With FSR 1080p or native 900p or 720p at worse on this era.

Any DX10 and older titles 1440p Ultra and 4K as well.

[greendragonfly]

The 2048sp is hard to find but 16gb for [typically] $20 more than the sapphire 8gb.

[JustaaGuy]

i have a rx 570 and its... okay def a budget gpu i can say that

[jamesrobinson]

the 580 came out... what.. 6 years ago? 7? There are some software & hardware features you're just not going to get.. and unfortunately.. recently released drivers will do MUCH more harm then good... I'm running a Strix 580 OC.. and I can't update the drivers as they not only conflict, they make the system very unstable and glitch prone. The only reason why I havent upgraded yet is because it honestly isnt worth the cost despite the performance increase... not to mention most of these cards are 3+ slot.. its godamn ridiculous...
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I really miss the days of the AIW 8900s

[Matthew-jb]

Just replaced mine with 580
Wanted 360 but no in budget cause needed new power supply

[Aladdin-Drj]

Great video, keep up 🫡
Did u experienced bottleneck with this setup ?!
I just bought the rx580, in your opinion, what is the best CPU & MB i should go for to prevent this issue (bottleneck) ? At the same time, i want them to be quite powerful so i can upgrade just the GPU in the future.
Thanks in advance.

[jwpar]

So what newer GPU would you recommend for a budget build ?

[andystech]

Great video as always mate! Now you just need a 2048 to compare it against 😎

[NeonPixels]

Why would you test games without testing FSR? One of the best things about older AMD cards is they do get newer technologies such as FSR. The RX580 getting 45 fps without FSR in Starfield means that a 6-7 year old card will gey better-than-console performance on a game released this year.

[Sachitananda]

I just bought the Sapphire RX 580 8gb, I only have 4th gen I7-4790 cpu, will it still play games. I ended up building a new PC but stayed with the Haswell chip.

[cop]

why is there no adrenaline 23.9.3 for polaris and vega?

[RobertFixit]

I can’t lie. While I still prefer the GTX 1060 for the same price point, the RX580 did outperform the 1060 in casual gaming.

I even didn’t take it out for a while because I was enjoying the extra VRAM in COD2.

For reference, the GTX 1060 and RX580 are near equal in price on the used market.

[WyTDeViL]

lol That card is bigger than you are XD ; p Thanks for the vid.

[pablomarquez]

Im srry, had it when it came out, and tried to sell it as soon as possible, only used it for 1 year before changing gpu. Had to rearrange voltages, going over 90°C, crashing all the times if you hadn't a driver version that worked, if you actualized them, you might find you looking again for the good drivers. It was a hell. Chaged it for a 1080ti 5 years ago, and haven't regret the change, that graphics card is still rocking in my 2k monitor.

I guess those issues are fixed rn, but after that experience with amd graphics card, i dont want another AMD.